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Fisheries Management Zone 2020

Fishing Regulations Summary 2020

General Information• See General Fishing Regulations for more information on how to use this summary. • American Eel is a specially protected species and may not be caught or possessed under a

Recreational Fishing Licence.• The following species are not present in this Zone and are closed to fishing all year: Brook

Trout and Splake.

Zone-wide Seasons and Limits

Aggregate Limits for Trout and Salmon (including Splake) Limits: S-5 and C-2; total daily catch and

possession limit for all trout and salmon species combined

Atlantic Salmon Season: open all year Limits: S-1; must be greater than 63 cm,

and C-0

Brown Trout Season: open all year Limits: S-5 and C-2

Channel Catfish Season: open all year Limits: S-12 and C-6

Crappie Season: open all year Limits: S-30 and C-10

Lake Sturgeon Season: closed all year

Lake Trout Season: January 1 to September 30 and

December 1 to December 31 Limits: S-3 and C-1

Lake Whitefish Season: open all year Limits: S-12 and C-6

Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass combined Season: third Saturday in June to

December 15 Limits: S-6 and C-2

Muskellunge Season: third Saturday in June to

December 15 Limits: S-1; must be greater than 137

cm, and C-0

Northern Pike Season: January 1 to March 31 and first

Saturday in May to December 31 Limits: S-6 and C-2

Pacific Salmon Season: open all year Limits: S-5 and C-2

Rainbow Trout Season: open all year Limits: S-2 and C-1

Sunfish Season: open all year Limits: S-100 and C-50

Walleye and Sauger combined Season: January 1 to March 1 and first

Saturday in May to December 31 Limits: S-4 and C-2; not more than 1

greater than 63 cm

Yellow Perch Season: open all year Limits: S-50 and C-25

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Species Exceptions

Walleye

Limits: S-4 and C-2; no size limit• St. Lawrence River, waters east of a

line drawn between Bishops Point and the easternmost tips of Howe and Wolfe Islands, and including Lake St. Francis

Yellow Perch

Season: open from January 1 to March 31 and second Saturday in May to December 31

• Lake St. Francis and the waters of the St. Lawrence River lying east of Robert H. Saunders Generating Station

Waterbody Exceptions

All waters of Lake Ontario and the Niagara River (downstream of Niagara Falls), excluding:

• Hamilton Harbour• Toronto Harbour• Frenchman’s Bay• Murray Canal• Presqu’ile Bay• Weller’s Bay• East Lake• West Lake• Bay of Quinte (the waters lying west of

the Glenora Ferry)• St. Lawrence River (waters lying east

of a line drawn between Bishops Point and the easternmost tips of Howe and Wolfe islands)

• all other tributaries to Lake Ontario.• Two lines may be used when angling

from a boat in open water

Fish Sanctuaries

No fishing - April 1 to Friday before first Saturday in May• Consecon Creek - Hillier and

Ameliasburgh Townships, from the dam in the Village of Consecon to Weller’s Bay

• Consecon Creek - Hillier Township, from Lot 86 in Concession 5 to the mouth of the creek

• Moira River and Bay of Quinte - from the Lott Dam downstream, including Belleville Harbour in the Bay of Quinte

• Napanee River - Town of Napanee, from the waterfalls at Springside Park downstream to the bridge at Centre Street

• Trent River - City of Quinte West, between the first dam north of Lake Ontario downstream to the south side of the Dundas Street bridge and the Trent Canal from Lock Number 1 downstream to where it joins the Trent River

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